THE SMALL TOWN OF CELESTINE INDIANA CELEBRATES REUNITING AS A COMMUNITY AFTER THE PANDEMIC IN A BIG WAY SATURDAY JUNE 26 WITH A DAY FILLED WITH FUN, FOOD, & ENTERTAINMENT
A free festive entertainment-filled atmosphere for adults, a celebration of the community, over a dozen activities for youth will provide for a packed day of fun!
Highlights Include:
Live Music by Def Leggend - The World's Greatest Tribute to Def Leppard - From Dallas TX. They are an internationally touring Def Leppard tribute band with an authentic arena-rock spectacle and a setlist packed with rock classics.
Kids’ Zone Presented by German American Bank - Featuring inflatables, pedal tractor pull, games, and more!
Live Music by Bobby Clark & Tommy Stillwell performing Rock and Blues classics.
Magic With Style - Bob Ahlemeier- On the Main Stage
Celestine Park DSA (Community Distinguished Service Award) Ceremony
Boogie Tunes Entertainment - Party DJ Music for Good Time Dancing
Free Community Scavenger Hunt
5K Run/Walk Presented by ARI / Advanced Rehabilitation Inc. plus free Kids’ Fun Run
Car Show at Celestine Park
German Style Beer Garden
Amazing Food and Sweets Featuring On-Site Prepared Food with Local Favorite Dishes
Dodgeball Tourney, Tractor Show, Sheephead Tourney, The Clogging Clovers, and more!
Catholic Mass
Free Admission & Parking
Streetfest 2021 is slated as a fundraising celebration of the small community of Celestine, Indiana. This celebration will find the entire area gathering again to see one another after the pandemic.
The one-day event will be held on the grounds of St. Celestine Church on Saturday, June 26th with the gorgeous scenery of the rolling hills of Celestine on full display. Streetfest 2021 is free to attend. Parking and beer garden access are also free. It is an all-ages-friendly event with fun for the whole family!
Saturday's activities begin with a 5K race (and free Kids Fun Run), a tractor show, and a car show in Celestine Park. Kids games, races, tractor pull, and inflatables get started at 10 am. Midday activities include a free community scavenger hunt, a sheephead card game tourney, and a performance by The Clogging Clovers featuring local 4H youth.
The food stand will open at 10 am and German Beer Garden opens at noon. The midafternoon features the Dodgeball Tourney and Car Show Awards. Catholic Mass will be held in St. Celestine Church at 4 pm.
Celestine is well regarded for its outstanding history of delicious locally prepared food. This year’s event is focused on easy-to-carry-around classics like Celestine Nachos (fajita beef, pulled pork, or chicken) and tenderloin sandwiches along with hamburgers, bratwursts, chicken sandwiches, and turkey tenders. To make the meal complete, all types of fresh-made sweets and desserts will be sold by local community organizations. The area’s strong German heritage always shows itself through packed attendance at a beloved beer garden through the 1 am closing time.
The “rain or shine" fest is set to be staged on paved parking lots at St. Celestine Church along with other events located at the Celestine Park, and the grounds around the Church. Huge tents and many tables and chairs will accommodate several thousand guests. Plentiful parking is available in the fields and streets around Celestine with the parking at the top of the west side of St. Celestine Church designated for handicapped and elderly parking. There is also a drop-off spot at the top of the west side of the church hill.
The fun continues into the evening with the Kids Zone remaining open until 8 pm. Families will be able to enjoy a free magic show on the main stage around 6:15 pm by Magic With Style featuring Bob Ahlemeier.
For the first time, the Celestine Park will recognize their annual Celestine Distinguished Service award winner and other 2021 nominees at Streetfest on the main stage at 6 pm. Past winners will also be recognized and are asked to come to the main stage just before 6 pm.
Streetfest 2021’s main stage headliner is internationally touring Def Leppard tribute band Def Leggend. They will be bringing a huge rock show with them from Dallas, TX, playing authentic versions of all of the Def Leppard classics like Pour Some Sugar On Me, Love Bites, Hysteria, Photograph, Rock of Ages, Rocket, Armageddon It, Let’s Get Rocked, Bringing On The Heartbreak and many many more. The band brings the look and classic rock sound of the 1980’s hitmakers with a setlist focusing heavily on Def Leppard’s enormously successful twin ten million-copy selling albums Pyromania and Hysteria. Def Leppard is the only rock band of the 1980s and newer to have two albums sell over ten million copies. Def Leggend has played events of all sizes in their home state of Texas as well as large festivals all over the US and Mexico.
Def Leggend will be followed by dancing fun with music provided by Celestine party legends Boogie Tunes Entertainment.
The duo of local singer/songwriter Bobby Clark and his guitar partner Tommy Stillwell will be on the main stage from 7 pm until 9 pm before the headliner, Def Leggend. Based in nearby Boonville, IN, Bobby Clark is familiar to annual Streetfest attendees, as he headlined the festivities back in 2015 and was a special guest in 2019. A staple on the Southern Indiana music scene for over 25 years, Bobby Clark has a reputation as an outstanding singer and performer. Known to Mellencamp fans for years, thanks to his family ties to John, Bobby became even more well known when John Mellencamp recorded Bobby's song Grandview and made it the lead single for his Album Sad Clowns and Hillbillies in 2017. Mellencamp turned the song into a duet, on record, with Country Star Martina McBride. Mellencamp’s version garnered a hit country single and video for the song and shared it on numerous TV shows including NBC's Today and The Tonight Show. At a promotional concert in New York City, Mellencamp had Bobby join him on stage to duet on Grandview. The tune was named for a town in Southern Indiana where Clark spent much time. Bobby has released numerous albums, on his own, including his recent 2019 album Circle. Bobby’s musical partner for the evening is Tommy Stillwell who is Southern Indiana’s most revered blues-rock guitarist. A sought-after player for live and recorded performances Tommy’s playing always takes performances to the next level.
Proceeds from the fest will be distributed to the organizations and charities of the Celestine community. The fest leadership team would like to extend their thanks to the large pool of sponsors and volunteers who are coming together to make the fest a success!
Celestine is located in Southwestern Indiana, near Jasper and Patoka Lake, on the eastern edge of Dubois County.
Celestine Streetfest is held annually on the grounds of St. Isidore Parish / St. Celestine Church Campus 6864 E State Road 164, Celestine, IN 47521
Please visit www.CelestineIndiana.com or @CelestineIndiana on Facebook for the complete event schedule and more details.
EVENT MEDIA CONTACTS:
Tony Buechler - Chairperson of Leadership Team - (812) 827-8430 - tony@buechlermedia.com
Dawn Schnell - Chairperson of Promotions Team - (812) 639-1048 - dawnrenee_1976@yahoo.com
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